Here Come the Holidays!

Good morning! Today is the start of our latest challenge at Crafting by Designs. We have several sponsors for this one as it will run for the rest of the month to give the DT a wee break over the Christmas holidays.

My first project is a Christmas/Creepmas card using 'Zoe la Zombie' by Alicia Bel which I've coloured using Promarkers. I've used Vintage Christmas papers from MME, red card candi and a paper bow from Craftwork Cards. I've finished off with a skele cameo! 

The second project is a set of gift tags with black and white images from Melonheadz which again I have coloured with Promarkers and added some gold detailing. These are the perfect finishing touch for those Christmas gifts and can be customised to go with whichever colour scheme you chose this festive season. I've kept mine traditional and used some paper from Craftwork cards for the wrapping here.

I hope you'll join in our challenge,
thanks for looking!
Maureen xxx

Christmas Fun All Year Round!

Yes, it's the middle of January, but I will be posting Christmas cards in the middle of every month! We have a new challenge blog that started at the beginning of the year with a view to working on Christmas every month - the Christmas Fun Challenge Blog! Our theme for this half of Januray is 'Non-Traditional Christmas Colours' - so no red/green/gold type combos!

I have gone with pink and lime green. I've used a woodchip tree embellishment and some Dovecraft Christmas papers. A Craftwork Cards sentiment and some pink ribbon finish the card. Quick and simple are my kind of cards, especially at Christmas when you maybe have dozens or more to create. The embellishment came from Poundland of all places, in a self adhesive set of about eight pieces.

I hope you will embrace the holidays and join us for Christmas Fun!
Mo xxx

Cheer Up Goth - it's Christmas! :p

Another day closer!! Here's hoping I'm ready - more wrapping done last night and still more to do... plenty time though! hahaha
Anyway, the card I am sharing today uses an image from Ike's Art called 'Vaguely Goth' - if you're a regular here you'll know I've used her before - but today this is for my first entry in Ike's new challenge blog! I say new challenge blog, this is her 7th challenge and I feel really rubbish for not having entered before now, better late than never though!
The theme is 'Christmas is coming' and you have to use an Ike's image to be in with a chance at a prize. I have based my card around an Irn Bru advert! For those of you non-Scots reading, Irn Bru is a very orange coloured fizzy caffienated soft drink and the company is famed for its tongue in cheek advertising - here is the very advert -

So I had the slogan in my head 'Cheer up Goth, it's Christmas!' And this is what happened!

I used lots of black and purple pearlescent paper, I cut frames, flourishes and snowflakes, layered everything up with the Vaguely Goth image coloured with Promarkers. I printed the sentiment off the computer and popped in on 3D foam. The edges of the white card are inked with Dusty Concord and Black Soot Distress ink using a blending tool.

Now to find a sullen Goth type to give it to! hahaha

I do hope that all of you reading this take it in the context that its meant - a bit of fun and laughter, not at all meant to offend! I was that sullen Goth teen and she's still in here somewhere! Bah humbug!

Mo xxx

Hairy Legs!!!

Nope, not me! But that's this week's challenge over at Delicious Doodles and the team there have got some fab inspiration using various hairy animals! So I thought i'd join in with one of the Delicious Doodles images - Scottie Dog in a Gift Box. My best friend's parent breed Scotties and asked me to make a Scottie themed Christmas card for them to give to a couple who have three of their Scotties.

I've coloured the image using promarkers and some stickles on there for Seasonal sparkle. I've used red and green pearlescent papers, red card and a spotty paper from Hot Off the Press. The sentiment reads 'For Carol & Derek and Brea, Brodie & Bronte', these are the names of the couple and the three dogs. This was simply printed onto the red card using Word. I've finished this with a red organza ribbon and some regal red candi.

Thanks for looking! Hope you like it!
Mo xxx

Challenge #94 at Love to Create - 3D Creation!

Happy First Monday in December folks! Officially Christmas Countdown mode and today we have a new Challenge at Love to Create! We would like you to make a Holiday Gift or 3D Christmas creation. I think I might have cheated a bit with this one... I have decorated a Gift Bag! We are sponsored by QKR Stampede this week and I have used the Santa in the Chimney image for my bag.

I have used Helen Jones' Deck the Halls papers along with an embossing folder that was a magazine freebie! I have coloured the image with promarkers and added stickles and some red curling ribbon around the handle of the bag. There's also some candi on there to finish.

I hope you can join our challenge this week, why not pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have created!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Christmas Fayre!!!

Well, for those of you who dont really know me here, as well as being a bit crafty and having this blog and doing stuff for some design teams, I'm also a mother of 4 and Secretary of my daughter's school's PTA! And we're having a Fayre! So as well as trailing around the town and putting up masses of posters and hopefully ensuring a great event with many people through the door, we want to raise as much money as possible for the school... but at the same time, I have booked a table and need lots of people to come through the door and buy from ME! lol

I thought I would share some of my work with you and let you see what I'll have on the day - a taster anyway! This may be pretty picture heavy, but hey, who doesn't love the pictures!

I should point out that all the items in this post have been created using various Craftwork Cards kits. The Christmas themed items are using the Christmas Post kit and there are a few candles using the Time Flies and Tea Dance papers and some with foiled papers from a previous Goody Box.

First up are some hand decorated Candles!  I've used papers, organza ribbon and Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Tattered Florals Bigz Die!

 The cellophane on the candles is actually bags for C5 cards tied at the top with ribbons.

 The butterflies on the next one are die cuts that came with the Time Flies kit.

The next two photos show some 6x6" cards using the Christmas Post kit and the Christmas Paper Bows pad.

 The 'JOY' letters are chipboard from another Craftwork Cards Christmas Kit.

Next up are some gift bags also using the Christmas Post collection.

 Here's a close up of one of the bags.

I decided that it would be nice to have matching tags! Just have to add some twine to these, i'm thinking just a natural twine rather than ribbons, keeping with the Kraft/natural theme.

And finally I have also made some 6x6" Wall Hangings. Here's a photo of one and I have a few more sitting waiting to be finished - using up the scraps that are left from the kit!!

I have managed to use all the papers, most of the sentiments and the die cut poinsettias from the kit and when the last couple of hangings are done, there will be nothing left!

Well, like I said, lots of photos today! Better get back to it and get some more things made. I'll be back tomorrow with a post for Crafting By Designs and I'm sure I'll have more crafty bits to show you later!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx